Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-24
MARTINS FERRY.
Mrs. Harry Woods is in New Brighton,

weeks.
William Heinne has returned from
Findlay, Ohio, where he has been on a
prospecting tour.
Business of all kinds has been exceed
ingly dull during the past week. Mer-
chants may be seen ut all hours OF the day
sitting III front of their establishments,
gossiping with their neighbOrs or hewail-
ing the depressed condition of trade. Po-
lice business seems dull As well, there
being only n regular morning session of
police court last week.
Your reporter had a lettle from Captain
Dan Cline, of the Blue Grass Fishing Club,
dated at Cambridge. .. Capt. Dan a
the boys are all happy and having elegant
luck aud splendid sport. They have thir-
ty.nine turtles in their box and nine big
catfish, the largest weighing thirty-seven
pounds. The Blue Grass boys and n few
members of another camp near them, or
ganized a ball club one day last week and
PLAYED O club from KimbOlten, winning by
a score of 3 TO Z.
Alex. Taylor was run in yesterday even
ing for disOrderly conduct.
The Citizens Cornet Band gave a very
pleasant and highly artistic concert in John
Kreusch's Cottage Garden, last night. A
large crowd was in attendance.
The Wheeling q Lake Erie Railroad en-
F~gineers have finished up their work, folded
their tents aud silently departed. They
laid out q line down back of the walnut
grove, and otherwise conducted themselves
in about the same rs the many
..l.. .,.naann nnrpc (which haua haap
here before, ostensibly for the purpose of
making the last and final survey. Our
people, of course, feel much elated over
the matter, and q real estate boom will
probably be started with street corner
wind, Just as it has been done 50 often be-
fore.
While those in a position TO know claim
that the w. d L. f. is a dead certainty,
there are many in the city who will not
believe it till they ''hear the bells ringing
and coming round the curve."
The Standard iron Works are undergo
ing a complete overhauling, and when
work is again resumed the mill will con-
tain several new features and expense and
labor saving appliances. Among these Is
the Altmyer patent plan fire cooling chill
ed rolls by means of a current of air in
| stead of by the use of water, a. heretofore.
| The current OF cold air does the work al
most as quickly and thoroughly as did the
water, aud at the same time the cracking
OF the surfaces caused by the old plan is
prevented. This new process will allow a
set of rolls TO be used without dressing
nearly twice as long as under the old plan
of cooling.
Rev. W. S. Campbell, rector OF st. Paul's
Church, will lecture this evening at 6:3U
on ''The difference between the Roman
Catholic and the Protestant Episcopal
churches"
Louis Helliug's new brick dwelling on
| the unopened extension of Seventh street
between Hanover and Park is well under
way, the brick work being almost COM
pleted.
We learn that st. Clairsyille has a fe-
male base ball pitcher who does the twirl-
| ing for the local club.
Manager REESE Furbay, of Lafayette
| Hall has already commenced booking good
shows for the coming season. Frank
| Davidson and Kittie Rhodes will each he
here one week. Manager Furbay IL doing
everything possible to make the Lafayette
a popular, comfortable and respectable
place of amusement.
Rev. DIR. Alexander, OF Dallas, w. Va,
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Hahn, of Burlington, was robbed
| of 81. 80 by some small boys yesterday.
She was peddling vegetables in town, and
had the money in a cash box in the wagon.
She left the wagon to - into u store, and
| while absent, the amount mentioned was
taken.
r. w. Shreve broke ground for u new
house on the Heights yesterday. The new
building will be a stylish frame cottage.
Miss Lulu Conway is the guest OF Mrs.
Mcdonald at Riverview, Jefferson county.
J.. T. Hanes and Morris Cope leave to-
morrow for Toledo to attend the Republi-
can State Convention.
Lester Brandt received a fine new shell
Yesterday afternoon.
The Standard Four danced in McSword's
orchard last night.
J.. b. Fowler has added n new lot Of con-
dictionaries and cigars to his already large
stock at his place Of business, corner
Hanover and Railroad streets. When you
wish Il good cigar or II give HIM Il
call.
If YOU want q good cool drink call at
J. Tierney's south end of Second street,
and try a bottle of his Milwaukee OF
| Cincinnati export, also Reyman beer in
bottles on draught. Smiths celebrated
pale and dark stock ales and porter IN
bottles, delivered free to any part Of the
citv.
DR.. A. II. Ong has taken the agency OF
the Wheeling Natural Gas Co, and will
be in position to make contracts for that
company for the furnishing of Natural Gas
for heating and lighting purposes.
Miss Emily Warwood left yesterday for
Warren, O., to spend several weeks with
friends.
The Orchard" club defeated a picked
nine of stove mOulders, yesterday, by q
score of4S to Z.
Miss Minnie Bassett, of Mt. Pleasant, is
the guest of friends in this city.
Miss Jennie Wiley, of Pleasant Ridge,
was in the city yesterday calling on
friend.
A game of base ball was played yester
day in Clark's addition between two rep
resentative mines, one picked from the Ffrst
aud the other from the Second ward. The
Second ward, under the captaincy o f"Pool'
table" Slevin, won the game by a score OF
Is to l6.
The Laughlin mill is off for two weeks,
Patrick McDonough's new building Is
almost ready for occupancy.
Stuart Wilson and family are in Bellaire.
the guests OF Mr.. Wilson's mother.
City Commissioner Fisher has a force Of
men at work grading Fayette street, pre-
paratory to laying pavement.
James RalstOn and Ed. BlackfOrd drove
out to Mt. Pleasant yesterday.
Frank Erwin has returned from a four
weeks trip in Pennsylvania.
Ross Barr and mother are at home from
Urichsville.
Miss Lilly Heslop is in Steubenville Wis,
ting friends.
Mrs. John Yickers has returned from q
pleasant visit in bellaire.
Hon. George McCleary, Mayor of Wells
burg, passed through the city yesterday.
Francis Mullaney mas returned from
Cheat mountain.
The sbaat millu OF the Ftna on on 10